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Thursday, December 1, 1927

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The Headlines

$10,000,000 PROGRAM OF SCHOOL BUILDING HALTED FOR SURVEY; Ryan Takes Drastic Steps to Stop All Construction Till Report on Defects Is Made. ASKS THE MAYOR TO ACT Move Brought On by Data Given by Principals of Leakages in the Newer Buildings. OFFICIALS TO MEET TODAY Talk of Resignation by Gompert, Hylan Appointee, From $25,000 Post as Head of Buildings. SCHOOL BUILDING HALTED FOR SURVEY

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1927

  • You ain't heard nothin' yet!

Tech Check

Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

35,982 days ago

(98 years, 212 days)